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Obviously loads of spoilers ahead.
Gossip Girlwaited for six seasons before confirming the identity of its actual Gossip Girl.
ButBridgertoncouldnt last more than one before spilling the beans about who Lady Whistledown is.
Which kind of makes sense.
Thats exactly whatBridgertondoes in one of the last scenes ofepisode eight.
Nah, just kidding, Andrews is the voice of Whistledowns writing onBridgerton.
Bet you didnt see that coming, did you?
Oh, youread the books?
Never mind, then, you definitely saw it coming.
Everybody else, though, may have been a bit blindsided.
(In Julia Quinns book series, Whistledowns identity isnt revealed until the fourth novel.)
The fact that Penelope is Whistledown does set up some enticing places forBridgertonto potentially visit in future seasons.
Eloise clearly doesnt know that her best friend is secretly a one-woman TMZ.
The Lady Whistledown/Penelope element fits right into that overarching narrative modus operandi.
Yet everyone takes what she declares as gospel, without knowing who she is or who her sources are.
But as Lady Whistledown, she snatches her relevance and claims it.
